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May 15, 2024 1:41 PM

Defying West, Russia’s Putin set to meet Xi Jinping in Beijing

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Beijing visit on Thursday is likely to be light on hard deals but will mark the start of his new presidential term with a show of support from his most powerful political partner, Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping...

May 13, 2024 12:31 PM

Putin removes long-term ally Sergei Shoigu as defence minister

Russian President Vladimir Putin tapped a civilian economist as his surprise new defence minister on Sunday in an attempt to gird Russia for economic war by trying to better utilise the defence budget and harness greater innovation to win in Ukraine....

May 9, 2024 4:17 PM

Putin warns of global clash as Russia marks victory in World War Two

Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the West on Thursday of risking a global conflict and said no one would be allowed to threaten the world's biggest nuclear power as Russia marked the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two. ...

July 19, 2024 6:25 PM

Vietnam postpones EU meeting ahead of possible Putin visit

Vietnam's foreign affairs ministry has raised eyebrows in the European Union by delaying a scheduled meeting with the bloc's top official on Russian sanctions. The postponement comes as rumors circulate about a potential visit to Hanoi by Russian Pre...

March 18, 2024 4:02 PM

What are Putin’s top challenges in new six-year term?

Vladimir Putin has won six more years in the Kremlin with a landslide victory in an election where he faced no serious competition. Looking ahead, he faces important challenges. UKRAINE WAR Challenge: whether to escalate now and when to stop. Russ...

March 18, 2024 9:14 AM

Russia-NATO conflict is “one step away” from World War III: Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday warned the Western powers that any direct conflict between Russia and the NATO alliance, led by the US, would mean the world will be "one step away" from a full-scale World War III, TASS reported. However, h...

March 18, 2024 8:38 AM

After overwhelming victory, Putin says he agreed for prisoner exchange involving Navalny before his death

Securing a crushing victory in the Russian Presidential elections, Vladimir Putin said he had agreed to a prisoner swap involving Alexei Navalny before the opposition leader's sudden death in an Arctic prison in February, CNN reported. Calling Navaln...

March 15, 2024 8:46 AM

Voting for presidential elections begins in Russia, 4.7 million people applied to vote online

Voting for presidential elections is taking place in Russia from March 15-17. Polling stations have already opened in Russia's Far Eastern regions, particularly the easternmost Kamchatka and Chukotka, TASS reported. Kamchatka Governor Vladimir Solod...

February 9, 2024 10:30 AM

Russian President Putin says he is ready to negotiate with Ukraine

In his first ever interview with a Western journalist after Russia launched an armed offensive on Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that he was ready to negotiate with Ukraine and end the war, adding that the Ukrainian side made a mis...

December 28, 2023 11:13 AM

India-Russia bilateral trade surpasses $50 billion: Jaishankar highlights progress, cooperation in high-level talks with Putin

During a meeting with President Vladimir Putin, India's External Affairs Minister, Dr. S Jaishankar, highlighted the significant progress in bilateral trade between India and Russia, surpassing $50 billion. Jaishankar underscored the potential for f...